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About type of tea Carolinian, Mexican, winter and summer, Amurian and Manchurian, Japanese and Chinese, red, pubescent, silver ... Nowadays over 60 species of linden are known, so the list can be continued by many more others. No other tree is mentioned in various myths - from Ancient Greek to Celtic, from Slavic to Germanic, - as often as linden. And, apart from other trees, linden is only characterized in a positive way, and in numerous legends of different times and nations it symbolizes amenity, kindness, geniality and generosity. In "Metamorphoses" Ovid narrates about pious spouses Philemon and Baucis who were rewarded by gods for their generosity and geniality and turned into an oak and a linden having common roots, after their death. In Germanic mythology linden was a tree of Freyja, the goddess of fertility and guardian of the hearth, it symbolized feminine beauty and loyalty and was considered (not without reason) reliable protection against lightning stroke. The Slavs associated linden with Lada, the supreme Slavic goddess, patroness of women, children, spousal and love. In general, linden has particular significance in Slavic culture and is surrounded by respect and gratitude for the splendid gifts that it yields to man. Fragrant linden honey, curative infusions of linden bark, aromatic tea with linden blossoms – all these have been known since ancient times and are still of value today.